november 17th, and 18th. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals and to watch our previous festival coverage quick the book fairs tab on our website, booktv.org. i am the general manager here. i would like to welcome you tonight. we are very excited to host bethany mclean, author of saudi america: the truth about fracking and how it s changing the world, her brand-new book. i want to mention if you don t know much about it, houston s independent booksellers since 1974 and we host 250 events this year. if you are in houston come back and join us for jody period, rich album, a lot happening this fall. all of that is available and lots of other things on our website. now i would like tonight at soccer, bethany mclean, author of the smartest guys in the room, verizon scandals following and run with peter elkins, her second book she co-authored with joe nocera is all the devil here, the hidden history of the financial crisis. her most recent book, before t
good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, you re looking at a live image of the well of the house of representatives, the nation s capital, where they re set to reconvene out there about three and a half hours pm journey, when they do reconvene, they ll be setting about the business of electing a speaker of the house, for the 118th congress, something they have failed to do for the first time in 100 years. today, kevin mccarthy, the house leader of the republican party, long expected to be the next speaker, should republicans take the, house was put up for speaker, and failed to obtain the magical 218 votes threshold he needs to become speaker. he failed once, he felt twice, even three times. that s right, today, three more votes, three more failed votes for kevin mccarthy, which brings the total to six. and that s because he has a very narrow majority in a caucus of about 20, exactly 20, in the last few, votes republicans, who do not want to vote for kevin kathy, the spea
middle of the president s address. so we ll talk about that also, a new low for diddy, a new concerns for what cassie ventura went through after the video of him assaulting her. will there be any legal accountability? we ll discuss that in this new cdc shut study shows that there s an increase in people drowning especially people of color. the first black woman to make the us olympic swim team now has a mission to teach kids of color to swim marissa correia mcclendon is going to join us coming up in the next hour event just to have a good show. thank you very much. let s get started right now well first of all, black voter turnout influences presidential elections and well, atlanta influences everything president biden seems to recognize that. and this week, we saw a surge in outreach targeted ad buys interviews with black radio stations, a speech at the national museum of african-american history and culture immediate with leaders of the divine nine historically black sorori